As parents we try to minimize the amount of sugar that Hanna gets. I’m pushing toward eating more whole foods (foods with 5 or less ingredients), and trying to get rid of sugar and white flour as much as possible in our home. The problem comes in at school… I send Hanna a healthy, nutritious … Continue reading
If you’ve been a mom for any length of time you probably know exactly what I mean by the “witching” hour. It’s that time of day where your kids seem to lose the plot, become cranky, and unreasonable. It’s also the time of day where you can easily become those things yourself! The Witching hour … Continue reading
I’m a pretty hard headed person… call it stubborn, call it “like to have my way”, call it what you will, but that’s how I am. Problem is… Hanna is the SAME EXACT WAY. Yesterday she begged me to “do a project” with her. She got out all this stuff… paper, glitter, glue, popsicle sticks, … Continue reading
Yes, it’s as gross as it sounds. Yesterday we were driving back from Wichita, my mom was with us. Hanna was in the back seat being relatively quiet, but I heard these quiet spitting sounds. I have a HUGE issue with spitting. I think it’s disgusting. We’ve been going round and round about spitting lately … Continue reading
It’s 9:21. It’s officially more than 2 hours past the little monkey’s bedtime. However, there has been a lot of owl action tonight that’s kept her awake, and me a little nervous those little suckers are going to come through the ceiling. We went out and looked in on them from the ladder, and hubby … Continue reading
I love being a parent, and I love my daughter, but there are some things I really miss from the time in my life before I was a parent. Here are the three that spring to mind without even thinking: 1. Silence. OMG how I miss silence. It seems even after she’s asleep Ryan (who’s … Continue reading
This whole potty training business is something else. When she was about 18 months she was very interested in going on the little potty ~ she did it great for quite a while. I was thinking ~ sheesh, finally something’s finally going to be easy with her. Yeah right. A couple weeks, maybe a month … Continue reading
I’ve been noticing some very grown up things coming out of my two year old’s mouth. Here are a few of my favorites. “I don’t think so mom” ~ when asked to do something she really doesn’t want to do I was just singing the Dragon Tales song playing around (dragon tales is on right … Continue reading
